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# Attention is not possession; it is participation....
> Attention is not possession; it is participation. Sunlight, nature, another person, or a meaningful idea exceeds any single description, and receptive attention allows the object to correct the categories we brought to it.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Attention Loops and the Patterns That Shape Perception - Workbook|Attention Loops and the Patterns That Shape Perception]]
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“Attention is not possession; it is participation. Sunlight, nature, another person, or a meaningful idea exceeds any single description, and receptive attention allows the object to correct the categories we brought to it.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-attention-possession-participation-correct-categories-brought
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